Jeremiya
51:1 Usho kanje uJehova; bheka, ngiyakuvusela iBabele, futhi
ngokumelene nabahlala phakathi kwabangivukelayo, a
umoya obhubhisayo;
51:2 Futhi ngiyothumela eBhabhiloni abavundisi, abayolwela, futhi bayoyithulula
izwe lalo, ngokuba ngosuku lokuhlupheka liyakuba phezu kwalo nxazonke
mayelana.
51:3 Umcibisholo makagobe umnsalo wakhe ngokumelene naye
oziphakamisa ebhantshini lakhe, ningawayekeli amaphuphu akhe
amadoda; bhubhisani kuphele impi yalo lonke.
51:4 Kanjalo ababulewe bayowa ezweni lamaKaledi, futhi labo
zigwaziwe ezitaladini zayo.
51:5 Ngoba u-Israyeli akazange alahlwe, noma uJuda uNkulunkulu wakhe, uJehova
ababungazi; lanxa ilizwe labo laligcwele isono koNgcwele we
Israyeli.
51:6 Balekani niphume phakathi kweBhabhiloni, futhi ngamunye akhulule umphefumulo wakhe
unqunywe ebubini balo; ngokuba lesi yisikhathi sempindiselo kaJehova;
uyakubuyisela kuyona.
51:7 IBhabhiloni ube yindebe yegolide esandleni sikaJehova, owenza zonke lezi zinto
umhlaba udakiwe; izizwe ziphuzile ewayinini lakho; ngakho-ke i
izizwe ziyahlanya.
51:8 IBabiloni liwile ngokuzumayo, lachithwa. thatha amafutha for
ubuhlungu bakhe, mhlawumbe angasiliswa.
51:9 Besingathanda ukuphulukisa iBabiloni, kodwa aliphulukiswanga
asihambe, kube yilowo nalowo ezweni lakubo, ngokuba ukwahlulelwa kwalo kufinyelele
ezulwini, futhi iphakanyiselwe esibhakabhakeni.
51:10 UJehova uye waveza ukulunga kwethu
eSiyoni umsebenzi kaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.
51:11 Khanyisa imicibisholo; buthani izihlangu; uJehova uphakamisile
umoya wamakhosi amaMede, ngoba icebo lakhe limelene leBhabhiloni, ukuze
bhubhisa; ngoba kuyimpindiselo kaJehova, impindiselo yakhe
ithempeli lakhe.
51:12 Misani ibhanela phezu kwezingange zaseBabele, niqinise umlindo.
misani abalindi, nilungise abaqamekeli, ngokuba uJehova unakho kokubili
wakuceba, wakwenza lokho wakukhuluma kwabakhileyo eBabele.
51:13 Wena ohlala phezu kwamanzi amaningi, ocebile ingcebo, ukuphela kwakho.
sesifikile, nesilinganiso sokuhaha kwakho.
51:14 UJehova Sebawoti uzifungile, wathi: Impela ngizokugcwalisa.
nabantu, njengangezinkumbi; bayakuhalalisela
wena.
51:15 Wenzile umhlaba ngamandla akhe, uye walimisa izwe
ukuhlakanipha kwakhe, weneka izulu ngokuqonda kwakhe.
51:16 Lapho ezwakalisa izwi lakhe, kukhona isixuku samanzi phakathi
amazulu; futhi ukhuphula izinkungu emikhawulweni yezwe
umhlaba: wenza imibani nemvula, akhiphe umoya
yengcebo yakhe.
51:17 Wonke umuntu uyisiphukuphuku ngokwazi kwakhe; wonke umsunguli uyajabhiswa
isithombe esibaziweyo: ngokuba isithombe sakhe esibunjiweyo singamanga, asikho
umoya kubo.
51:18 Ziyize, umsebenzi iziphambeko: ngesikhathi sokuhanjelwa kwabo
bayakubhubha.
51:19 Isabelo sikaJakobe asifani nazo; ngoba yena ungumdali wakho konke
u-Israyeli uyisizwe sefa lakhe; nguJehova Sebawoti
egameni lakhe.
51:20 Wena uyizembe lami nezikhali zempi, ngoba ngizofohla ngawe
ngihlakaze izizwe, ngibhubhise ngawe imibuso;
51:21 Futhi ngizophahlaza ngawe ihhashi nomgibeli walo; futhi nge
ngiyakuphahlaza inqola nomgadi wayo;
51:22 Ngiyakuphahlaza ngawe indoda nowesifazane; futhi nawe uzovuma
ngiyaphahlaza abadala nabancane; ngiphahlaze ngawe
insizwa nentombi;
51:23 Ngiyakuphahlaza kanye nawe umalusi nomhlambi wakhe. futhi
ngawe ngiyakuphahlaza umlimi nejoka lakhe lezinkabi;
ngiphahlaze ngawe izinduna nababusi.
51:24 Ngiyobuyisela eBhabhiloni futhi bonke abakhileyo eKaledi
ububi babo ababenze eSiyoni emehlweni enu,” usho uJehova.
51:25 Bheka, Ngimelene nawe, O ntaba ebhubhisayo, kusho uJehova
uyabhubhisa wonke umhlaba; ngiyakwelulela isandla sami phezu kwakho,
ngikugingqe emadwaleni, ngikwenze intaba eshisiweyo.
51:26 Futhi abayikuthatha kuwe itshe libe yikona, noma itshe for
izisekelo; kepha uyakuba yincithakalo kuze kube phakade,” usho uJehova.
51:27 Misani ibhanela ezweni, nibethe icilongo phakathi kwezizwe.
lungisani izizwe ukuba zimelane nalo, nilibizele imibuso
e-Ararati, naseMini, nase-Ashikenazi; bekani induna phezu kwayo; imbangela
amahhashi ukukhuphuka njengamacimbi.
51:28 Lungiselelani izizwe ngokumelene nalo kanye namakhosi amaMede, the
izinduna zalo, nabo bonke ababusi balo, nezwe lonke lakubo
ukubusa.
51:29 Futhi izwe liyothuthumela futhi badabuke, ngenxa yonke injongo kaJehova
kuyokwenziwa ngokumelene neBhabhiloni, ukwenza izwe laseBhabhiloni libe
incithakalo engenamuntu ohlala khona.
51:30 Amadoda anamandla aseBhabhiloni bayekile ukulwa, baye bahlala
izinqaba zabo; amandla abo aphelile; baba njengabesifazane: banabo
washisa izindawo zayo zokuhlala; imigoqo yakhe iphukile.
51:31 Omunye post uyogijima ukuhlangabezana omunye, futhi isithunywa ukuhlangabeza omunye.
ukutshela inkosi yaseBabele ukuthi umuzi wayo unqotshiwe ekugcineni.
51:32 Futhi ukuthi amaphasishi imisiwe, futhi umhlanga baye basha
umlilo, namadoda empi ayesaba.
51:33 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi yamabandla, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Indodakazi ka
IBabiloni linjengesibuya, sekuyisikhathi sokuyibhula;
kusezakufika isikhathi sokuvuna kwayo.
51:34 UNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, ungidlile, wangichoboza.
ungenze isitsha esingenalutho, wangigwinya njengodrako;
ugcwalise isisu sakhe ngezibiliboco zami, wangixotsha.
51:35 Ubudlova obenziwa kimi nasenyameni yami mabube phezu kweBhabhiloni
owakhileyo eZiyoni uthi; negazi lami phezu kwabakhileyo eKaledi;
liyakusho iJerusalema.
51:36 Ngakho-ke, usho kanje uJehova. Bheka, ngiyakumela indaba yakho, ngithathe
impindiselo kuwe; ngiyakomisa ulwandle lwalo, ngomise nemithombo yalo.
51:37 IBabiloni liyoba yinqwaba, indawo yokuhlala amadragoni, i
ukumangala nokuhayiza, kungekho ohlala khona.
51:38 Bayobhonga kanyekanye njengamabhubesi, bayokhamuluka njengamabhongo ezingonyama.
51:39 Ekushiseni kwabo ngiyobenzela amadili abo, futhi ngiyobenza badakwe.
ukuze bajabule, balale ubuthongo obuphakade, bangavuki,” usho kanje
iNkosi.
51:40 Ngiyobehlisela phansi njengamawundlu ekuhlatshweni, njengezinqama naye
izimbuzi.
51:41 Yeka ukunqotshwa iSheshaki! lunjani ukudunyiswa komhlaba wonke
bamangale! yeka ukuthi iBabiloni libe yisimangaliso phakathi kwezizwe!
51:42 Ulwandle lukhuphukele phezu kweBhabhiloni, futhi limbozwe ngobuningi
amagagasi alo.
51:43 Imizi yalo iyincithakalo, izwe elomile, futhi ihlane, izwe
lapho okungahlali muntu, kakudluli nendodana yomuntu khona.
51:44 Futhi ngizojezisa uBeli eBhabhiloni, futhi ngiyokhipha eyakhe
emlonyeni akugwinyileyo, izizwe aziyikugobhoza
kanyekanye futhi aphinde futhi kuye: yebo, ugange lwaseBabele luyowa.
51:45 Abantu bami, phumani phakathi kwalo, futhi akhulule, yilowo nalowo eyakhe
umphefumulo wakhe ekuvutheni kolaka lukaJehova.
51:46 Futhi funa inhliziyo yenu idangale, futhi wesabe amahemuhemu ayoba khona
wezwakala ezweni; kuzofika umbiko kokubili umnyaka, bese emva kwalokho ungene
omunye unyaka kuyakufika umbiko, nobudlova ezweni, mbusi
ngokumelene nombusi.
51:47 Ngakho, bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho ngiyokwenza isahlulelo phezu kwakho
izithombe ezibaziweyo zaseBabele, nezwe lalo lonke liyakuba namahloni, futhi
bonke ababuleweyo balo bayakuwa phakathi kwawo.
51:48 Khona-ke izulu nomhlaba, futhi konke okukuwo, bayohlabelela
iBhabhiloni, ngokuba abachithi bayakufika kulo bevela enyakatho,” usho uJehova
NKOSI.
51:49 Njengoba nje iBhabhiloni liye labangela ukuba ababuleweyo bakwa-Israyeli bawe, kanjalo eBhabhiloni ngeke
bayawa ababuleweyo bomhlaba wonke.
51:50 Nina eniphunyukile enkembeni, hambani, ningemi
Jehova ekude, iJerusalema mayingene ezingqondweni zakho.
51:51 Sihlazekile, ngoba sizwile inhlamba
ubuso bethu, ngokuba abezizwe bangenile ezindaweni ezingcwele zikaJehova
indlu.
51:52 Ngakho, bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, kusho uJehova, engiyokwenza
isahlulelo phezu kwezithombe zalo ezibaziweyo, nakulo lonke izwe lalo abalimeleyo
lizabubula.
51:53 Nakuba iBabiloni lingase likhuphukele ezulwini, futhi nakuba kufanele aqinise
ukuphakama kwamandla alo, nokho abachithi bayakufika kulo bevela kimi;
usho uJehova.
51:54 Umsindo wokukhala uvela eBhabhiloni, nokubhujiswa okukhulu okuvela eBhabhiloni
izwe lamaKaledi:
51:55 Ngoba uJehova uphangile iBhabhiloni, futhi abhubhise kulo
izwi elikhulu; lapho amaza alo ehlokoma njengamanzi amakhulu, umsindo wawo
izwi lithi:
51:56 Ngoba umchithi ufikile phezu kwalo, ngisho phezu kweBhabhiloni, kanye namandla ayo
abantu babanjwe, wonke umnsalo wabo waphulwe, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu we
imbuyekezo izaphindisela.
51:57 Ngiyakudakisa izikhulu zalo, nezihlakaniphi zalo, nezinduna zalo, nezinduna zalo.
ababusi balo namaqhawe alo, bayakulala ubuthongo obuphakade;
futhi ningavuki, isho iNkosi egama layo linguJehova Sebawoti.
51:58 Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti. Izindonga ezibanzi zaseBhabhiloni ziyoba
ephukile impela, namasango alo aphakeme ayakushiswa ngomlilo; kanye ne
abantu bazakukhandlekela ize, abantu emlilweni, baphile
ekhathele.
51:59 Izwi uJeremiya umprofethi ayala ngalo uSeraya, indodana kaNeriya.
indodana kaMahaseya, ekungeneni kwakhe noSedekiya inkosi yakwaJuda
iBhabhiloni ngomnyaka wesine wokubusa kwakhe. USeraya lo wayethule
inkosana.
51:60 UJeremiya waloba encwadini bonke ububi obuyakwehlela iBabele.
yebo onke lawa mazwi alotshiwe ngeBabele.
" 51:61 UJeremiya wathi kuSeraya, "Lapho ufika eBhabhiloni, futhi wena
bheka, futhi uzofunda wonke lawa mazwi;
51:62 Uzakuthi-ke, O Jehova, ukhulumile ngokumelene nale ndawo, ukugawula
lisuse, ukuze kungasali muntu kulo, noma umuntu noma isilwane, kodwa lona
liyakuba yincithakalo kuze kube phakade.
51:63 Futhi kuyoba, lapho usuqedile ukufunda le ncwadi, ukuthi
wobophela itshe kuyo, uyiphonse phakathi kwe-Ewufrathe;
51:64 Futhi uzothi: Kanjalo iBabiloni liyocwila, futhi ngeke livuke kusukela
okubi engizakwehlisela phezu kwakhe, bakhathale. Kuze kube manje
amazwi kaJeremiya.